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US official: US troops to help evacuate embassy in Kabul

by Lolita C. BaldorRobert Burns
| August 12, 2021 11:09 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — With security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, the United States is sending additional troops into the country to help evacuate some personnel from the embassy in Kabul, a U.S. official said Thursday.

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